
Aug 23, 2026
✦The Guardian
‘The country of my birth has lost its heart’: Miriam Margolyes on how to fix broken Britain
Miriam Margolyes says the country of her birth has lost its heart. She feels the Britain she grew up in is now unrecognisable. At 85, she said, “My heart is heavy with foreboding.” She worries that many things we took for granted are disappearing as the world turns nasty.